Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: SEND Improvement

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/324

Contact: Kate Reynolds, Deputy Director of Education

Kate.reynolds@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Children’s Services (CA8)

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to respond to the requests from Council as given below:

Council calls on Cabinet to consider;

a)    More meaningfully involve young people and youth organisations throughout all policy-making processes within SEND improvement and the PAP.

b)    Any consultations or engagement with young people by this council must have a visible public follow-up to the outcomes and tangible metrics to ensure outcomes are delivered.

c)     All Council policies that affect young people, must include an impact assessment, and ensure that reasonable mitigation measures are put in place.

d)    Ensuring that where appropriate all future events, in person/online, run or funded by OCC, especially those related to the PAP, LAP, and SEND improvement, are open to appropriate young people with the attendance of their parent or carer.

e)    Launching a rapid task force for the voice of the young person and SEND users, and task them to create a framework for a Youth Forum within three months.

f)      The leader to appoint a SEND Champion from an opposition group to enable that a wider range of voices in the SEND community are able to feed into SEND improvement and services, and that such person sits on the SEND Improvement board.